On 18th of May 2002, The Coptic Medical Society held a fundraising dinner in support of university students in need in Egypt. The dinner was held at St Mary and St Shenouda’s Church in Coulsdon, Croydon. The CMS members were warmly greeted by the church members. Fr Ishak started the meeting with prayer. Dr Wasfy […]
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The Birmingham fourth Meeting of the Coptic Medical Society
The fourth meeting of the Coptic Medical Society was held on 30/03/02. The Holy Liturgy was led by His Grace Bishop Misaeel. He welcomed the delegates warmly. 58 members attended. The chairman Mr Sabry Gabriel introduced Fr Yohanna, who spoke briefly about medicine and in particular the long hours doctors work. This may lead to […]
The third meeting of the Coptic Medical Society
The meeting started at 2PM at St Mary and Archangel Michael, Golders Green. Father Pigol, a monk from the Syrian monastery opened the meeting. He is in London on a training course. He talked about his work on the royal collection at the royal library in Windsor. His speciality is on restoring parchment paper and […]
‘Health shouldn’t be commercial’
As Sir Magdi Yacoub leaves the NHS, he says that bureaucracy is stifling the health service. Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub is not easy to pin down. He refuses to carry a bleeper, and the mobile phone that his son bought him is lying unanswered on his desk. He rarely gives interviews, and I am starting […]
Dr Georgy Sobhy (1884 – 1964)
Georgy Sobhy was born in Cairo where he lived with his father, who was a manager in an arsenal factory. His mother died a week after he was born. Dr Harper, the manager of Harmel Hospital in Cairo fostered Gorgi and the family brought him up as a twin brother to their own son who […]
Saints Cosmas and Damian